Colloquial Tamil: The Complete Course for Beginners

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Psychology Press, 2002 - Foreign Language Study - 314 pages

Colloquial Tamil is easy to use and completely up to date!

Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to spoken Tamil. While emphasis is placed on colloquial spoken Tamil, you are given a useful introduction to formal speech and the written language as well.

What makes Colloquial Tamil your best choice in personal language learning?

  • Emphasis on authentic conversational language
  • Clear explanations on how to pronounce and write the language
  • Helpful grammar notes and reference grammar
  • Comprehensive vocabulary lists (Tamil-English and English-Tamil)
  • Lively illustrations and fascinating cultural insights throughout

By the end of this rewarding course, you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Tamil in a broad range of everyday situations.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

 

Contents

Introduction
1
naan viittukku pooreen
25
enna veeηum?
39
haloo naan Smith peesureen
52
mannikkanum taamadamaa
66
Mahaabalipuram poovamaa?
85
niinga enge pooriinga?
100
niinga eppa Indiyaavukku vandiinga?
117
nii enne paakka varakkuuɖaadaa
156
inda eɖattukku epɖi pooradu?
177
enna sirikkire?
190
Tamizle oru siranda nuulu
216
Key to exercises
236
TamilEnglish glossary
275
EnglishTamil glossary
295
Index of grammatical terms
313

niinga pootturukkira ɖras
133
neettu oru kalyaaṇattukku pooyirundeen
145

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